" persecutor "

1: a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another;

  * e.g., " ... years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baiter,

•  harasser,

•  heckler,

•  mocker,

•  needler,

•  quiz,

•  quizzer,

•  ridiculer,

•  taunter,

•  tease,

•  teaser,

•  tormentor,

•  torturer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: one who is obnoxiously annoying;

  * e.g., " ... on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself "

•  Synonyms : 

•  annoyance,

•  annoyer,

•  bother,

•  gadfly,

•  gnawer,

•  nudnik,

•  nuisance,

•  pain,

•  pest,

•  tease,

•  teaser

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause persistent suffering to;

  * e.g., " ... people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith "

•  Synonyms : 

•  afflict,

•  agonize,

•  anguish,

•  bedevil,

•  beset,

•  besiege,

•  curse,

•  excruciate,

•  harrow,

•  plague,

•  rack,

•  torment,

•  torture

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;

  * e.g., " ... she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggravate,

•  annoy,

•  bother,

•  bug,

•  burn (up),

•  chafe,

•  eat,

•  exasperate,

•  frost,

•  gall,

•  get,

•  grate,

•  gripe,

•  hack (off),

•  irk,

•  irritate,

•  itch,

•  nark,

•  nettle,

•  peeve,

•  pique,

•  put out,

•  rasp,

•  rile,

•  ruffle,

•  spite,

•  vex

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)